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Course curriculum

    1. PPT slides

    2. Seminar Video: Treating Mental Compulsions

    1. Post-Test

    1. Course Evaluation Survey

About this course

  • $35.00
  • CE Credits: 1.0 hours
  • Self-Paced, Video-Based Course
  • Level: Beginning - Intermediate

About This Course

This course will provide an overview of mental compulsions in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, highlighting the importance of identifying often-overlooked cognitions which contribute to perpetuating OCD. Clinicians will be given tools and strategies to help clients disengage from mental compulsions.

Recommended Reading: Eckstein, B. (2023). Worrying Is Optional: Break the Cycle of Anxiety & Rumination That Keeps You Stuck (1st ed.). New Harbinger Publications. 

Course Creation: September 26, 2025.

Learning Objectives

At the completion of the course, participants will be able to:

  • Describe common mental compulsions in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.


  • Identify strategies for building awareness of mental compulsions.


  • Describe non-engagement strategies to bolster response prevention in ERP.


Instructor(s)

Ben Eckstein, LCSW

Licensed Clinical Social Worder

Ben Eckstein, LCSW is the owner and director of Bull City Anxiety & OCD Treatment Center in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. He is a therapist specializing in the treatment OCD, Anxiety, and OC-Related Disorders. In addition to his clinical work, been a speaker, trainer, and author of the book "Worrying is Optional". He is vice president of OCD North Carolina, the NC state affiliate of the International OCD Foundation.

Course Approvals

  • The Center for Emotional Health of Greater Philadelphia, LLC is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Center for Emotional Health of Greater Philadelphia, LLC maintains responsibility for this program and its content.The Center for Emotional Health of Greater Philadelphia, LLC is not responsible to verify that American Psychological Association continuing education credits are approved by an attendee's respective state licensing Board.


  • The Center for Emotional Health of Greater Philadelphia has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No.7263. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. The Center for Emotional Health of Greater Philadelphia is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.


  • The Center for Emotional Health of Greater Philadelphia, LLC, #1820, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. The Center for Emotional Health of Greater Philadelphia, LLC maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 6/15/2023 - 6/15/2026. 

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